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Some of the PDS gurus during the media encounter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE\nASHANTI Region is leading in terms of unpaid electricity tariffs across the\ncountry, the Power Distribution Services (PDS) has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the PDS gurus during the media encounter<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE
\nASHANTI Region is leading in terms of unpaid electricity tariffs across the
\ncountry, the Power Distribution Services (PDS) has announced.<\/p>\n

Approximately,
\none-third of all customers that owe the power distribution company in the
\ncountry are currently stationed in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n

Ing.
\nDavid Asamoah, Ag. Director of PDS, Ashanti Region, who made the disclosure,
\nopenly lamented the unpleasant development.<\/p>\n

He
\ncould not readily state the exact number of people and the amount they owed the
\nPDS, but he stated that the Ashanti Region leads in the power debt ratio.<\/p>\n

Ing.
\nAsamoah also complained bitterly that the unpaid electricity tariffs were
\ngradually having adverse effects on the general operations of the PDS.<\/p>\n

According
\nto him, the high unpaid debt usually prevents the PDS from purchasing new
\npieces of equipment to help improve their operations.<\/p>\n

Addressing
\njournalists in Kumasi during a media encounter on Friday, he admonished PDS
\ncustomers to constantly pay their electricity bills.<\/p>\n

He
\nwas of the view that the PDS could be properly positioned to serve their
\ncustomers better if customers constantly paid for power that they had
\nused.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He
\nalso noted that the PDS had introduced new policies to help stop the unpaid
\nelectricity tariffs syndrome in the region once and for all.<\/p>\n

He
\nannounced that the PDS had started a rigorous pre-paid meter installation
\nexercise in the region with the intention to stop unpaid power tariffs.<\/p>\n

He
\ndisclosed that over 255,000 pre-paid meters had been installed in the Ashanti Region
\nby the PDS since the exercise commenced.<\/p>\n

He
\nalso mentioned power theft, bush fires and unauthorized meters, among others,
\nas some of the major challenges that are currently facing the PDS.<\/p>\n

Besides,
\nhe said in the face of the aforementioned challenges, the PDS had started
\noperations to boost their services in the region.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that transformers were being upgraded, while PDS was working to automate most of its sub-stations, among other positive interventions.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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